Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-16
THE RACES ENDED.
The Biggest Days Sport
in Southern California.
A LIST OF FINE EVENTS.
Running, Trotting and Pacing
With Remarkably Fast Time
in Many Events.

As predicted IN the HERALD OF yes
terday morning, by noon Agricultural
Park was filled with gay throng OF
six or seven thousand people, as
sembled to see series of the finest
events ever witnessed on the turf in
South California. Many of the races
were such as are rarely seen on any
track in the state, and they would be
considered in the highest rank of
merit on any course in America. The
day was fine, but the track had not
been gotten into fine shape. The in
side was still so heavy that the drivers
all scrambled for the center OF the
track instead of hugging the pole. The
best of the course could not be called
good track. This will account for
the rather slow time made. The track
was computed by expert turfmen to
be at least three seconds slow.
THE FIRST EVENT.
First in order came an unfinished
trot in which two heats had been run
on Friday. The horses it will be re-
membered were Oliver j. Victor,
Inca and Pendennis. When the race
was called the last named animal
failed to show up, and the judge fined
his owner 500 and ruled the horse off
the track until the fine was aid. 1t
was not paid and that lett the race to
the other three. Victor had won the
first heat and Oliver j. the second.
Yesterday this last horse won two
straight heats, thus securing first
money. Inca, jr., got second, and
Victor third The time was the same
in both heats, :3S1a.
THE SECOND RACE.
A'special race between Contractor
and Belle Forrest was next called.
1t was rather brash proposition to
take the Echo mare out OF the three
minute class and pit her against the
Sultan horse of the 2 35 class, she be-
ing four years old and he nearly six.
The horse is we'll trained and the
mare has had but little of such advan
tages. Contractor broke little just
at the start in the first heat, but he is
a quick catcher and was on his feet
again in jiffy. Belle broke badly at
the first turn, and as she catches
slowly she was away behind before
she got on the ground again. When
she did get done paving the air, she
trotted handsomely along the back
stretch. She was closing up the
big gap again in fine shape
when she went off her
feet the second time, and that settled
her case. The Sultan horse came I'M
der the wire in 2:37. The pools had
soln at 500 on the horse to $40 on the
mare.
In the second heat the Echo mare
was more than shut out, Contractor
coming in in 2:29I. This gave him
a premium OF 800, offered by Ken
lucky association at the town of GYM
thiana, in that State, where Sultan is
now owned. The owners offer this
reward for all of Sultan's gets trotting
a mile in less than 2:30. Contractor
is certainly worthy son of noble
sire. He maintained the reputation
of the Sunny Slope stable finely in all
he did during the week just closed.
He has trotted in training once in
Q 2:26A and again in 2:26. Max
ing due allowance for slow
track he did as we'll Yesterday.
In the third heat the driver Of Belle
Forrest was fined $40 for being late.
The horse won this heat in 2:3S and
took the race and first money.
THE LOS ANGELES DERBY.
Then followed the Los Angeles
Derby for three-year- -olds. There were
four starters. Capt. A. j. Hutchin-
sons Manzanita b. t. by Harwood,
ridden by Machado; Matt Storims
Narcolla, b. f., by Norfolk, dam
Adddie c., ridden by Newell
All. Moran's Carmalita, b. +. by
Hardwood, ridden by F. McCurdy,
and B. p. Hills Mikado, CHI. g. by
Shiloh, dam Margery, ridden by
Wicks. The race was mile and
half. At the start the rider of Mama
nita seemed to do more reprehensible
iockeying than had been seen in the
previous week. 1t took eight attempts
to get start, and probably six
times out of the eight this boy held
his fillv right in her tracks. Narcolla
was in all instances in for fair race,
and being called back naturally made
her nervous. When the flags finally
dropped the Norfolk filly showed her
breeding by shooting well into the
lead and keeping it until she passed
the wire in 2:4034, hands down, Car
malta second and the other Hard
wood filly driving her hard. Mikado
was away behind. All riders carried
the same freight, lis pounds.
TWO GREAT EVENTS.
Mr. LaRue announced that the
races would now close with pacing
race between Durfee and Covarrubias'
Arrow. b. Q. a. by A. w. Richmond,
dam by Crichton, and H. Hitchcock's
&c. Lee, blk s. (aged) by Elmo Jr.'
and trot for the 2 rs class, free for
ali The purse in the pacing contest
was $6OO-$360 to first, $3.50 to second,
s6O to third. The trot was for purse
of 81 OO-$600 to first, $500 to second,
and loo to third. The starters in
this rent were Lee Shaner's Lot
Slocl..n h br. g. (5), by Eectioneer, dam
Glencora, driven by the owner; +. ii.
Miller's Jr. Adair, b. g. same sire,
dam Addie Lee. driven by Smith, and
Grin A. Hichcok's Arab, b. 6. by
Corbitt's Arthurton, driven by the
owner. The pace led off with Lee at the
nole. At the first turn this horse led
by length. Arrow soon overhauled
b;s antagonist. At the half the stal.
lion was a length behind, and
this relation was maintained until the
Los Angeles horse passed under the
wire in 2:17A. In the pools Arrow
sold at 500 to 500 for Lee.
In the second race Arrow at the
oia etarted ont to run for blood At
the half he led by three or four
lengths, but he broke and lost the
race by full length. Time, 2:19.
In the third heat just past the first
turn Arrow lost his feet, and did not
catch again until the st. Elmo horse
was far in the lead. But at the half